Software Developer Jobs in Cardiff

Software Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Software Developer salary in Cardiff is £53,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 70
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 16 17 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.42% 2.98% 3.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 3.28% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 19
10th Percentile £40,750 £27,000 £34,330
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.16% -20.00% +26.44%
75th Percentile £67,813 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £61,500 £78,000
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £43,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +22.09% -10.88% +9.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 617 519 823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 90.89% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 537 396 613
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,690 £34,025
25th Percentile £36,750 £39,813 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,086 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% -4.60% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,766 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £76,875 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,500 £45,476 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.25% -9.05% +11.11%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Cardiff

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Cardiff

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Cardiff

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) SaaS
2 7 (43.75%) Docker
2 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
3 6 (37.50%) MySQL
4 5 (31.25%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) JSON
4 5 (31.25%) Microservices
4 5 (31.25%) Fintech
5 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (25.00%) React
5 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
5 4 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (25.00%) C#
5 4 (25.00%) PHP
5 4 (25.00%) .NET
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (25.00%) Laravel
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) QA
6 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
7 2 (12.50%) HTML
7 2 (12.50%) CSS
7 2 (12.50%) PhD
7 2 (12.50%) MVC
7 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
7 2 (12.50%) Degree

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) SaaS
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) MySQL
2 4 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
4 1 (6.25%) CouchDB
4 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 1 (6.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitKraken
1 1 (6.25%) JetBrains Rider
1 1 (6.25%) ReSharper
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) JSON
2 4 (25.00%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) Laravel
2 4 (25.00%) React
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 2 (12.50%) CSS
3 2 (12.50%) HTML
3 2 (12.50%) Node.js
3 2 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
4 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
4 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (6.25%) Blazor
4 1 (6.25%) CSS3
4 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
4 1 (6.25%) HTML5
4 1 (6.25%) MERN Stack
4 1 (6.25%) Vue
4 1 (6.25%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Blockchain
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
2 5 (31.25%) Fintech
2 5 (31.25%) Microservices
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (12.50%) Design Patterns
4 2 (12.50%) MVC
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) SOLID
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
5 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
5 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 1 (6.25%) Data Science
5 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
1 4 (25.00%) PHP
2 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Xamarin
6 Software Developer jobs in South Wales